ArmenPress, Armenia
Aug 24 2018


Chancellor Merkel pays tribute to memory of Armenian Genocide victims
in Yerevan Memorial



YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid
tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims at the
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on August 24, reports Armenpress.

She was accompanied by acting Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan and foreign
minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

The German Chancellor laid flowers at the Eternal Flame. She also
planted a fir tree in the Memorial Park.

Angela Merkel arrived in Armenia on an official visit on August 24.

On June 15, 2005 the German Parliament adopted a decision on the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide. On April 23, 2015 German
President Joachim Gauck issued a statement on the Armenian Genocide,
and on June 2, 2016 the Bundestag adopted a resolution on the
Genocide.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan